Shotguns displayed during the 8th Annual East Coast Fine Arms Show in Stamford, Connecticut January 6, 2013.  This is the first gun show in Connecticut sine the December 14 shooting that killed 20 children and six teachers from Sandy Hook Elementary School  approximatley 40 miles away in Newtown, Ct.  The gun show featured collectible and antique weapons.   AFP PHOTO / TIMOTHY A. CLARY        (Photo credit should read TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP/Getty Images)
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04:39 - Source: CNN
Washington CNN  — 

The Supreme Court on Monday let stand New York’s strict gun control law, rejecting an appeal from a group of gun owners.

At issue was whether the Constitution’s Second Amendment provided a broad individual right to carry a handgun outside the home for self-defense.

New York’s Penal Law 265.03(03) bans possession of a firearm in public, either openly or concealed, unless someone can show “proper cause” to secure a carry permit. Such proper cause has to be more than just a law-abiding citizen’s desire for self-defense.

Since the high court refused to intervene, the state law stays in place.

A group of Westchester County residents, supported by the Second Amendment Foundation, sued and lost in the lower federal courts. The Supreme Court in 2008 affirmed an individual right of law-abiding citizens to have a handgun in the home. In this case, the issue pivoted to what weapons are allowed in public.

The case is Kachalsky v. Cacace (12-845).